She wasn't shy about confronting the issue of encryption, either. Amid allegations that UK and US national security agencies are actively working to overcome encryption tools, the Baroness of Soho said, "Allegations that GCHQ and the NSA worked to undermine encryption should caution anyone who trusts the web with their medical, financial or personal records."

"In the Middle East, people have been given access to the Internet but they have been snooped on and then they have been jailed," he said. "Obviously, it can be easy for people in the West to say, 'Oh, those nasty governments should not be allowed access to spy'. But it's clear that developed nations are seriously spying on the Internet."